Business and Commercial Litigation

Pennsylvania Shareholder Dispute Attorneys

A contract dispute within your business can be just as devastating as one with an outside company or individual. Whether there is a dispute between shareholders or a managing member and a non-managing member, you want an experienced lawyer looking out for your business, so you can get back to following your business plan.

At Alfred Abel Law Offices, our Philadelphia business partner dispute attorneys have been helping small to medium-sized businesses across Pennsylvania settle a wide range of disputes for more than 31 years. After conducting a comprehensive investigation into your concerns and reviewing your legal documents, we will help you explore your settlement options, and we will be ready to protect your rights in court if an agreement cannot be reached.

Resolving Your Internal Business Dispute

From closely held business to large enterprises, corporations to LLCs, when shareholders or managing partners of a business want to go in different directions, it is hard for your business to move forward. If one partner has taken liberties for personal gain, it can be even more damaging.

From our offices in Philadelphia, Plymouth Meeting and Jenkintown, we are dedicated to helping Montgomery County and Philadelphia businesses succeed. A single dispute can get in the way of your success, so make sure you do everything you can to reach a resolution that works. Contact us today to learn more.

Pennsylvania Partnership Dispute Attorneys

We provide plaintiff and defense counsel for majority shareholders, minority shareholders, managing members and non-managing members in the following internal business disputes:

• Breach of contract: If one partner believes that another has failed to live up to their responsibilities, they may file a breach of partnership or breach of
• joint venture agreement lawsuit.
• Unfair competition claims: If a former business partner uses intellectual property, trade secrets or business opportunities of their former business for their own personal gain, you can file an unfair competition claim.
• Defamation or slander, Disparagement, defamation, libel, and slander
• Bringing suit to enforce non-compete agreements and non-disclosure agreements and non-solicitation agreements
• Disputes over commercial leases

Financial Disputes and Misrepresentation

• Breach of fiduciary duty
• UCC dispute over goods
• UCC disputes over security interests and proper filing
• Breach of promissory note

Ownership Disputes

• Purchase and sale of a business
• Asset and stock purchase disputes
• Shareholder disputes
• Partnership disputes and LLC disputes

Pennsylvania Business Law Attorney

We provide plaintiff and defense counsel for many business cases including the following business disputes:

Secured Transactions Breach of Contract

• Mortgage liens
• Accounts receivable and other business assets to secure a debt
• Loans
• Sale of goods
• Equipment leases
• Financing agreements

Other Business Law Disputes

• Fraud, Fraudulent Transfer and misrepresentations
• Partner defections (business break-ups)
• Declaratory judgments
• Injunctive relief (TROs, writs of sequestration civil injunctions)
• Real estate and lending disputes
• Officer and director liability
• Interference with business relationships and contracts
• Civil conspiracy
• Corporate "raiding"
• Conversion and misappropriation of trade secrets
• False advertising, deceptive trade practice disputes
• Unfair business practices and competition
• Business Torts
• Opening and striking default judgments

Examples of cases handled by Alfred M. Abel, Law Offices.

• Represented a commercial landlord defending a claim of a bankruptcy trustee for overpayment.
• Legal advice for a commercial tenant re-negotiating a lease in a regional mall
• Represented an out of state construction firm to open a judgment obtained by default when the client had not been properly served .
• Represented a law firm in resolving their line of credit that was originated by a local bank that was sold to a national bank that did not want to service the line of credit any longer.
• Represented a health care provider against claims by vendors and an industry association when the business was sold.
• Represented a national collection agency in Federal Court against RICO, fraud and tort claims made by a seller of collection accounts.
• Represented a municipal authority in collecting water and sewer rents from a trailer park operator that filed for chapter 7 bankruptcy protection.